Bowdenex Brakes

[Philip Ball]

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Malcolm Parker pid='2077' dateline='1506622920']It looks as if the threaded ends on both my inner cables have broken as they are only about 1 1/2" long.  If it is a case of replacing them, I would look at doing away with the steel mounting brackets, by having the ends of the outer cables retained by the chassis cross-member.  I would also arrange for the cables to be compensated.  Lots to think about!

Hi Malcolm

Attached are some pictures I've just taken of the Bowdenex set up under my car (sent low size and res). They were taken with flash and the camera was struggling to focus as it was so dark under the car. I could do better pictures on Saturday when I'll have it out in the daylight. You should be able to get the idea of the set up and see that the steel bar on mine has bent in use. I intend to put angle in to deal with this when I rebuild them. In the meantime they seem to work pretty well. I can lock up all four wheels on a loose surface and stop quickly on tarmac - once or twice, I assume if I used them a lot the brakes would get hot and fade.

Philip

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It looks as if the threaded ends on both my inner cables have broken as they are only about 1 1/2" long.  If it is a case of replacing them, I would look at doing away with the steel mounting brackets, by having the ends of the outer cables retained by the chassis cross-member.  I would also arrange for the cables to be compensated.  Lots to think about!

Hi Malcolm

Attached are some pictures I've just taken of the Bowdenex set up under my car (sent low size and res). They were taken with flash and the camera was struggling to focus as it was so dark under the car. I could do better pictures on Saturday when I'll have it out in the daylight. You should be able to get the idea of the set up and see that the steel bar on mine has bent in use. I intend to put angle in to deal with this when I rebuild them. In the meantime they seem to work pretty well. I can lock up all four wheels on a loose surface and stop quickly on tarmac - once or twice, I assume if I used them a lot the brakes would get hot and fade.

Philip

Apologies ended up attaching some of the less useful pictures here's the others